Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2391

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—ALEXANDRA SURVEY DISTRICT.—PIRONGIA PARISH.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Education Reserve in Auckland Land District for Lease by Public Tender.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given that written tenders (marked on the outside “Tender for Education Reserve”) will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 26th day of August, 1913, for a lease of the undermentioned education reserve for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further successive terms of twenty-one years, on the terms and conditions set forth below, under the provisions of the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and amendments, and the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.—RUATANGATA PARISH.

25 acres good river-flat, balance undulating; all grassed. Situated eleven miles from Whangarei by good cart-road. Weighted with £162, valuation for improvements consisting of grassing, fencing, &c.

ABSTRACT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Six months’ rent at the rate offered, together with £2 2s. lease fee, which includes stamp duty and cost of registration, must accompany tender.

2. The successful tenderer must pay the value of the improvements before being admitted to possession, which will be given (the necessary payments being made) on the day of acceptance of tender.

3. Term of lease, twenty-one years, with right of renewal for further similar terms, at rentals based on fresh valuations, under the provisions of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

4. Rent payable half-yearly in advance, on 1st days of January and July in each year, subject to penalty at the rate of 10 per centum per annum for any period during which it remains in arrear.

5. Lessee to maintain in good substantial repair all buildings, drains, and fences; to keep clear all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses; to trim all live hedges; and yield up all improvements in good order and condition at the expiration of his lease.

6. Lessee not to transfer, sublet, or subdivide without the consent of the Land Board.

7. Lessee to keep the land free from noxious weeds, rabbits, and vermin.

8. Lessee not to use or remove any gravel without the consent of the Land Board.

9. Lessee not to carry on any noxious, noisome, or offensive trade upon the land.

10. Lessee not to make improvements without the consent of the Land Board.

11. Lessee not to take more than three crops in succession, one of which must be a root crop; after the third crop the land to be left in pasture for at least three years; at least two-thirds of the area cropped to be left in pasture at the expiration of the term; penalty for breach, £5 per acre.

12. Lessee not entitled to any compensation for improvements; but if the lease is not renewed upon expiration, the new lease offered for disposal by public competition will be subject to payment by the incoming tenant of valuation for buildings and improvements effected by the original lessee with the consent of the Board; failing disposal, the land and buildings to revert to the Crown without compensation.

13. Lease liable to forfeiture for non-payment of rent within six months after due date, or for breach of conditions.

14. Land Board may resume not more than 5 acres for school-site upon reduction of rent and compensation for crops.

15. Lessee to have no right to any milling-timber, minerals or kauri-gum, all rights to which, together with rights of access for the purpose of working the same, are reserved by and on behalf of the Crown.

16. Lessee to keep buildings insured.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Taranaki Land District for Disposal under Section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 9th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under section 14 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1912, on or after Thursday, the 16th day of October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—OHURA SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Southland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 15th July, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, 23rd October, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTHLAND COUNTY.—HOKONUI SURVEY DISTRICT.

G. H. M. McCLURE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands

Crown Land in Auckland Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 11th June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned Crown land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 18th day of September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—PUNIU SURVEY DISTRICT.

H. M. SKEET,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Otago Land District for Disposal under the Land Act, 1908.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 2nd June, 1913.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, that the undermentioned land will be disposed of under the provisions of the said Act on or after Thursday, the 11th September, 1913.

SCHEDULE.
An estimated area of 10 acres of land fronting Section 21, Block III, Woodland Survey District.

E. H. WILMOT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.